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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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She wouldn't have had enough money

Even though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds, If I hadn't given her twenty pounds this afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shop in Oxford's Sunday market.

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Anonymous Even though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds, If I hadn't given her twenty pounds this afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shop in Oxford's Sunday market. - Is this correct? Even though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds that afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shopping in Oxford's Sunday market.

— Anonymous

  • Anonymous Even though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds, If I hadn't given her twenty pounds this afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shop in Oxford's Sunday market.
  • - Is this correct?
  • Even though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds that afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shopping in Oxford's Sunday market.
  • ' is incongruous with the rest of the sentence.
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AnonymousEven though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds, If I hadn't given her twenty pounds this afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shop in Oxford's Sunday market. - Is this correct?
Even though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds that afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shopping in Oxford's Sunday m
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AnonymousEven though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds, if I hadn't given her twenty pounds this afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shopping in Oxford's Sunday market.
Yes, it's correct. I suspect 'shopping' was intended.

CJ
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No it wasn't intended at all.

Where I live in the UK, I've heard many people say the phrase 'for her usual shop', implying obviously 'her usual shopping'.
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Yes, it's an idiomatic term that is used here in Canada, too.
eg Mary said 'I have to do a big shop because we need a lot of stuff'.

Clive
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AnonymousNo it wasn't intended at all.
From the viewpoint of an American, it was intended. In other words, the activity meaning of "shop" (which we say as "shopping" in AmE) was intended, not the physical place where you buy things. If "shop" means the activity of shopping (or should I say if it means the activity of shop?), then by all means use it. To jud
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CalifJim AnonymousEven though Myrdal had given her one thousand pounds, if I hadn't given her twenty pounds this afternoon, she wouldn't have had enough money for her usual shopping in Oxford's Sunday market.Yes, it's correct. I suspect 'shopping' was intended.CJ
Should it be "this afternoon' or "that afternoon" in the clause "...if I hadn't given her twenty p
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AnonymousShould it be "this afternoon' or "that afternoon" in the clause "...if I hadn't given her twenty pounds..." as the activity is buried in a deep past?
How do you know it's a past activity? These words may be said on the Saturday preceding the market.

How come that twenty pounds had made the difference but the coun
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AnonymousShould it be "this afternoon' or "that afternoon" in the clause "...if I hadn't given her twenty pounds..." as the activity is buried in a deep past?
There's no reason to assume that anything in the sentence suggests activity "in a deep past". "this afternoon" is fine.
AnonymousI can't catch the logic of this sentence
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@ Anonymous: Note the word 'maybe' in my post and 'perhaps' in CJ's. As CJ said, we have to use our imaginations.
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fivejedjonNote the word 'maybe' in my post and 'perhaps' in CJ's.
Just to be pedantic, it's the other way round.
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